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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aujeszkys-disease-order-northern-ireland-2012/article-20",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/65",
  "legislation_title": "The Aujeszky's Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aujeszkys-disease-order-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Declaration of protection zones on suspicion or confirmation of the disease in the Republic of Ireland",
  "text": "(1) If the Department is satisfied that the disease may be present on premises in the Republic of Ireland it may declare an area to be a protection zone if those premises are situated within 5 kilometres of the border with Northern Ireland.\n(2) A declaration under this article shall designate the extent of any protection zone declared and the Department shall ensure that—\n(a) any such zone abuts the border with the Republic of Ireland;\n(b) any protection zone extends from that border such that its boundary is at least five kilometres from the infected premises.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/65/article/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:17:29.921945+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}